Nigella's fat worries

Nigella Lawson says she was worried about transferring her popular cookery series to the US - because she thought she was too fat for American TV.

The celebrity chef, who hosts Channel 4's 'Nigella Bites, admitted she panicked about appearing on American television because she didn't know what the reaction to her figure would be.

She said: "When my series was picked up by American broadcasters I was afraid to go to New York. New Yorkers are so thin! I was always afraid they would say, 'If I had a bum like yours, I wouldn't show it on TV.

However, the sexy star believes she is popular with British viewers because she's not stick thin.

The 45-year-old cook believes she has a cult following in the UK because British men don't fancy women who are too skinny.

She said: "I don't pretend to know to know why I am popular as a TV cook, but I do have a theory about why women like me and that's because I'm not stick thin. I don't believe that men like to watch thin girls."